U.S. v. WALES

No. 91-10500.

977 F.2d 1323 (1992)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Robert Smyth WALES, aka Larry Abbott, aka Robert Sanders, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided October 20, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Benedict P. Kuehne, Sonnett, Sale & Kuehne, Miami, Fla., for defendant-appellant.

Stuart L. Gassner, Asst. U.S. Atty., Honolulu, Hawaii, for plaintiff-appellee.

Before KOZINSKI and THOMPSON, Circuit Judges, and RHOADES, District Judge.


DAVID R. THOMPSON, Circuit Judge:

Robert Smyth Wales entered the United States at Honolulu International Airport on a flight which he boarded in Singapore. He checked the "no" box on a customs declaration form to deny that he was carrying more than $10,000. Customs agents found he was carrying $48,000. He was arrested and charged with knowingly and willfully making a false statement on a customs declaration form he gave...

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